IRRUA - A catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Francis Okhai has
charged Local Government chairmen in Edo State to perform for the good
of the people if they are to be relevant after office.
Rev. Okhai the parish priest of Annunciation Catholic
Church, Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State gave the
warning when the chairman of Esan Central Local Government Council,
Prince Solomon Eromosele came for thanksgiving at the church over his
successful one year in office.
The chairman was accompanied on the thanksgiving by the
state commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief
Lucky James, Edo State All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman, Barr.
Anslem Ojezea, deputy speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Hon.
Victor Edoror, chairmen of Esan North East, Esan West and Igueben, Local
Government Conucils, Hon. Sam Oboh, Hon. Saturday Ogbeide and Hon.
Julius Asemota respectively, amongst others.
The catholic priest admonished the state council bosses to
deliver the dividends of democracy to their people, warning them to
learn from the misfortune presently bedeviling some of their
predecessors who allegedly embezzled council resources while at the
saddle.
He lauded Prince Eromosele for the people oriented projects
he has executed in the past one year in office, calling on others to
emulate him.
He advised the Esan Central Council boss to always put God
first in all he does, just as he prayed God to grant him more wisdom,
strength and good health to do greater works.
In his speech, the celebrant, Prince Eromosele said he was
spurred to offer thanks to God because of the enormous strength and
wisdom He has provided him to deliver on his campaign promises to his
people.
29 July 2014
Last updated at 17:19 GMT
By BBC Trending
What's popular and why
Ebola has spread to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria
West
Africa is in the grip of the world's deadliest outbreak of Ebola, and
many in the region are using social media to educate each other on the
symptoms and prevention methods.
#FactsOnEbola
has been trending in Nigeria, with many sharing ways to prevent
contracting the virus. "Symptoms of Ebola typically include: weakness,
fever, aches, diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pain #FactsOnEbola"
tweeted one man in Benin City.
"I started #FactsOfEbola this morning after having a
conversation about the disease with friends," says Japheth Omojuwa, a
Nigerian blogger with over 100,000 Twitter followers. "I have a civic
responsibility to serve the public - my followers and my country," he
told BBC Trending.
Across Africa, social media is used for campaigning, for example the recent
#BringBackOurGirls
campaign which highlighted the plight of the girls kidnapped by Boko
Haram. But when it comes to a disease, isn't it the role of the
authorities to help educate the public? Omojuwa admits he's not a
medical expert, but says he's keen to spread as many facts as possible.
"I think it's better to bridge the gap between ignorance and
information," he says. Since he started the hashtag on Tuesday morning,
it's had nearly 2,000 tweets.
Across the border in Ghana, people are scared, says Nana
Boakye-Yiadom, a journalist with Accra-based Citi 97.3FM. The radio
station started the hashtag
#EbolaFacts
and is tweeting out information about the effects of Ebola and
prevention methods that can be used. That hashtag has also had just over
2,000 tweets. Ghana's Immigration Service has
openly admitted
that its personnel were "not well-equipped" to deal with the outbreak
"let alone be in the position to hold anybody suspected of having the
virus".
"The question everybody here is asking is 'What if it comes?'
We are not prepared," says Boakye-Yiadom. "We have a huge following
online and the perceptions on the street of Ebola are wrong. By tweeting
out information we got the hashtag trending and people can now see the
information around the disease." His colleague Mawuli Tsikata, who
devised the campaign for the radio station says there isn't enough
education about Ebola and the situation on the ground is frightening.
"Ghanaians are big on social media and so we tapped into that. It's our
role to educate the public," he says.
Reporting by Ravin Sampat
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